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SynthesisFrontiers in pharmacology2022

Efficacy and safety of chinese herbal medicine for treating mild or moderate COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational studies.

Hongfei Zhu, Mengting Li, Chen Tian, Honghao Lai, Yuqing Zhang, Jiaheng Shi, Nannan Shi, Hui Zhao, Kehu Yang, Hongcai Shang and 4 more

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Hongfei ZhuDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Mengting LiDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Chen TianDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Honghao LaiDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Yuqing ZhangDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Jiaheng ShiChina Center for Evidence Based Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Nannan ShiChina Center for Evidence Based Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Hui ZhaoChina Center for Evidence Based Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Kehu YangEvidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Hongcai ShangKey Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine of Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.
Xin SunChinese Evidence-Based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jie LiuChina Center for Evidence Based Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Long GeDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Luqi HuangChina Center for Evidence Based Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Chinese herbal medicineCOVID-19meta-analysissystematic reviewTraditional Chinese Medicine

Identifiers

PMID36160412
PMCPMC9504662

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